TOWARDS EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CORPORATE AND SMALLHOLDER PARTNERS

TOWARDS EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CORPORATE AND SMALLHOLDER PARTNERS: Relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators

FAO and CIFOR, 2002

This document contains the background materials, research papers and country papers from Indonesia and South Africa presented at a workshop jointly hosted by CIFOR and FAO in Bogor, Indonesia in May 2002. The workshop drew together participants from the private sector (corporates), NGOs, research and government representatives. Part I of the document provides the background to the meeting, the conceptual framework of joint learning that underpins the development of equitable partnerships, and the synthesis of the experiences of workshop participants, papers and workshop deliberations. The synthesis is summarized in a framework entitled: Principles on mutually beneficial partnerships between corporate and smallholder partners - relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators.

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